A couple of weeks ago, I attended CodeMash 2009 in Sandusky, Ohio - my second time attending as Program Manager for CodePlex. The first year, I spent 2 days sitting non-stop with project owners and site visitors, collecting feedback about the site...

Yesterday, we deployed the latest version of the CodePlex software with support for As a project owner, you can now put a Silverlight app on your project pages. The wiki markup is {silverlight:url=http://yourdomain.com/yourapp.xap,height=400,width=600...

We're excited to announce that DotNetNuke , the leading open source web application framework, has moved to CodePlex at http://dotnetnuke.codeplex.com .
We're looking forward to continue to work with everyone on the DotNetNuke team and welcome everyone...

Despite an unusual amount of snow wreaking havoc across Seattle and no one able to make it to the office, we were still able to deploy the latest version of the CodePlex software on Thursday, Dec 18, 2008, our last deployment of the year. New look Just...

All CodePlex TFS Servers will be unavailable on Thursday, 18 Dec 2008, starting at 6pm PST for network hardware upgrades. We expect the servers to be back up by midnight PST. The CodePlex website itself will stay online during this time, although the...

Last week, I spoke at the Engineering Excellence / Trustworthy Computing Forum to Microsoft employees at the Microsoft Development Center Copenhagen about CodePlex. I’ve gotten into the habit of bringing the CodePlex banner with me whenever I travel,...

As mentioned previously from my PDC 2008 trip report , we had our first CodePlex Town Hall meeting. The video is at http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/CodePlex-Town-Hall-at-PDC-2008/ Thanks to Dan over at Channel 9 for filming and posting the video! And...

We just finished deploying the latest version of the CodePlex software today. Project Directory Search The Project Directory has a new search UI. Highlights include drilling down on search results either on the tag or the release development status… searching...

We are working on a new CodePlex feature to allow email notifications for work items updates and we would like your input! When you subscribe to receive email updates for an issue (bug or feature request), what would you want to be notified of? Take the...

update 2 dec 2008: The Town Hall video can be found at http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Dan/CodePlex-Town-Hall-at-PDC-2008/
PDC 2008 was the first time we had a CodePlex-branded booth, and it was the first time we did a CodePlex Town Hall.
I was very...

Today was another deployment day for us. This release of the CodePlex software introduces some new, small features across the board, along with some general bug fixes. Release Development Status Project coordinators can now label their releases in their...

Starting in today’s deployment, your project’s logo and title are now the focus on your CodePlex project pages. We’ve seen requested for more individual branding for CodePlex project, especially when green isn’t the desired primary color for their project...

Update 24 Sept 2008: Slides are now posted. Sorry for the delay.
Last week, I spoke at the Microsoft ReMix08 UK conference in Brighton, England on CodePlex and on Visual Studio Tips and Tricks. You can read more about the conference overall, the extensive...

CodePlex is now offering server support for SvnBridge, the tool that enables TortoiseSVN to talk to Team Foundation Server. Support for Subversion has been our number one requested feature, and by hosting SvnBridge, our users can now use their favorite...

Our latest deployment (yesterday) of the CodePlex software provides the ability to search based on user relevance. Search results are based on a ranking algorithm that factors in the project title, project URL, project description, homepage wiki text...

For the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, I went home to spend time with family, and thought why not speak to as many user groups as possible while I was down there. Little did I know I would be dodging hurricanes and tornadoes the entire trip....

Update 2 Sept 2008: The feedback reimbursement is now 100 dollars. Also, the correct dates are Sept 16 thru 18, not the 19th.
We will be conducting usability studies in Redmond, Washington for our upcoming versions of CodePlex and are looking for people...

Myth #1: Software hosted on CodePlex is only for developers Fact: CodePlex is for any open source software application. Some of our top projects include Rawr , a .NET tool for World of Warcraft players, and the Vista Battery Saver , an app for managing...

In our latest CodePlex deployment (today), we’ve introduced ratings and reviews. Signed-in users can rate projects from one to five stars, and have the option of detailing their feedback in a review. Ratings and reviews are release-specific and are displayed...

Our latest deployment adds mailing list support for project discussions: start or respond to a discussion from your e-mail client; get notifications of new responses as they come in, or in daily digest format. Now users can subscribe to an entire project...

Paula Bach, a PhD Student at Penn State University, is conducting research on how to integrate usability into open source software development. She’s been hanging out with us over the past month, learning how we develop the CodePlex software. ...

Today is the 2nd anniversary of the CodePlex launch announcement. We celebrated with some birthday cake on this nice, warm and sunny Friday afternoon in Seattle. CodePlex team members who are not currently on vacation. =) We have a few...

This year, SourceForge is inviting CodePlex projects to participate in their Community Choice Awards . The CCAs is an annual event where members of the SourceForge community nominate and vote for their favorite OSS projects. CCA Badges are...